Who Do You Want To Be?
"Nobody ever told me I could make a living out of this?!" This website has huge insights into career opportunities you may not have thought about. It also has a quiz to help guide you in the right direction as well as a local college locator. (For counselors, students, and educators)

Monterey Bay Career Coach
A powerful tool for accessing information on job titles, education paths, and job market data for the local region.

Next Vista for Learning
Curious about CTE and jobs available with CTE? Come get some insights into the educational path and day-to-day activities of people in CTE careers.

Explore Careers

Check out the links below for more information on careers that best suit you!

California Career Cafe: Get Experience
Learn about professional organizations, internships, informational interviews and volunteer experiences that will help you gain experience and knowledge about a prospective career.

TEACH California
A one-stop information and referral service for individuals considering or pursuing teaching careers in California.

Oceans Careers
If you’re interested in an ocean-related career, this comprehensive site will provide you with current information about career opportunities, training/educational programs, skills needed for various jobs, and more.

City Town Info
The Employment Directory on this site offers comprehensive career information organized by both profession and city location. Explore salaries, number of jobs available, and growth in an area of your choosing.

Try Engineering
Interested in a career in engineering? Try this site for engineering life profiles, university engineering programs, and online engineering games.

Public Safety Career Information
Interested in a career in public safety? This site will provide you with information about the various career options available and the training required for each.

Non-Traditional Careers

Career choices do not need to be limited to stereo-types or preconceived notions of what qualifies as “women’s work” or “men’s work”; few jobs have requirements that limit employment to one gender. However, some occupations have traditionally been filled by one gender and currently have fewer than 25% of the opposite gender and is therefore considered non-traditional for that 25%--examples would be female welder or male nurses.

Deciding on a career should include many factors—skills, interests, values, physical demands, required training or education, salary, benefits—to name a few. When looking at career options, finding rewarding and interesting jobs may include non-traditional career paths. Those women who prefer physically active or outdoor work should explore the trades or technical occupations and those men who want to use social and nurturing skills should research health care or social services as possible options. Research confirms that long term job satisfaction is based on finding the best match with your particular interests, not choosing careers based on gender stereotypes.

The University of Hawaii has put together a great section on non traditional careers. With information for men or women, facts/myths about non traditional careers, as well as statistics about the trends of men/women in the work force.

This document discusses how non traditional careers are beneficial and why most students are either discouraged from starting programs or do not complete the non traditional programs. (This document is insightful to students, but is intended for educators.)